A survivor amongst dereliction
Photo of 2 Pelham Street, North Laine
I really like this building because it’s a survivor. It’s survived in Pelham Street. North, East and West of here is like dereliction – there are car parks and bulldozed areas, and an old school playground… and this one little house, no 2 (there are only two houses in the street) has survived.
It’s quite an early house, probably about 1830. It’s made of Brighton beach materials and local bricks, and it’s a surviving example of what was a style prevalent across Brighton.
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I have always felt the same about this house.
I was thrilled to get onto this site. Thank you. I am doing my family tree and I have discovered that my grandparents, who I never knew, lived at 4 Pelham Street. Can you give any info on this?
I am researching my family tree, and like Lorraine above I have never met my 2xgreat grandparents that I have found out lived at 5 Pelham Street. Their surname was Clark. If anyone has any information on them I would be over the moon! Thank you
Lorraine, my grandad lived at 4 Pelham Street when he lived with his parents. What was your grandparents surname?
I lived at No7 from 1948 to 1961.
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